Bottle-holder.



A. TEMPER.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED 11111.10, 1914.

`Iaserltedl June 23, 1914.

wiflmeoom 2O that they willnot come in contact with any features,

- pieces of material 11 and AUGUST TEMPER, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

BGTTLE-HOLDER.

Spccication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 23, 1914.

Application filed January 10, 1914. Serial No. 811,477.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I,.AUGUsT citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Bottle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a bottle holder for holding bottles in spaced relation to a floor or surface.

The invention contemplates, among other the provision of a bottle holder of a simple construction and which can be attached to a wall for the purpose of supporting bottles in spaced relation to a floor and out of the reach of cats, dogs or other animals.

The invention further contemplates the provision of a bottle holder which will hold milk bottles in spaced relation to floors lso TE MrER, a

dust or dirt orbe accidentally overturned.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specilication, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which: y

Figure l is a perspective view of the device, showing the same in applied position,

-with a full 'bottle of milk carried by the holder; Fig. 2 is `a side elevatlon, showing the holder supporting an empty bottle; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the holder when the same is folded.

Referring more particularly to the views, I disclose a bottle holder 10 preferably formed of a plurality of similar opposed pieces of metal 11 bent laterally at their rear ends and in opposite directions to form attaching members 12 through which suitable screws 13 can be passed for rigidly engaging the attaching members with a wall 14, the said pieces of metal 11 adjacent the point of formation of the attaching members beingencircled by a strap 15 having a transverse pin 16 passing transversely through the forming a pivot for a brace 17, the free end of which is bent laterally and cut at an angle to form an offset 18 `provided with an aperture 19, said offset being adapted to engage the wall 14 and adaptedto have a suitable screw 20 pass through the aperture 19 thereof to secure the brace in supporting position.

The front ends 4of the lpieces of material 11 are bent to diverge and form a plurality of spring-like gripping members 21 having their free ends inv spaced relation and bent to form guides 22. It will be understood that when the device is in folded position the brace 17 lies between the gripping members 21, whereas when the device is applied to the wall, as shown, the brace is swung downwardly to extend inwardly at an angle to the pieces of material and be secured to the wall to rigidly support the holder thereon. A full bottle of milk 23 can be readily supported y the holder by having the bottle gripped at its neck by the gripping members 21 as shown, thus holding the bottle in an upright position and in spaced relation to the floor. When the bottle 23 is emptied as shown in Fig. 2, the same is preferably held by the holder, in an inverted position as shown, so that the empty bottle will not form a convenient receptacle for dust or dirt and, furthermore, will permit of any fluid therein being readily drained therefrom.

F rom the foregoingdescription it will be apparent that the device described consists of few and simple parts and in order to strengthen the same, the pieces of material 1'1 at their points of contact are preferably soldered together or secured by a transverse rivet 24. The device lcan be cheaply manufactured from a strip-like spring metal and -is particularly adapted for use -in supporting milk bottles in spaced relation to the iioorso that' they will not be easily overturned or come in contact with dust and dirt on the door, while at the same time they will ge supported out of the reach of any cats or ogs.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a bottle holder comprising a plurality of similar pieces of material bent at their rear ends to form attaching, members and relatively connected immediately in front of the points of formation of the attaching members, gripping members formed by .bending the forwardends of the pieces of material in opposite directions, and a brace mounted to swing between the pieces of material adjacent their point-s of connection and normally lying within the plane of the gripping members, the said brace being adapted to be swung downwardly into depending position and engaged with a wall to support the sald holder.

2. In a bottle holder, the combination with a plurality of similar relatively connected pieces of material, forming attaching members at their rear ends and gripping members at their front ends, of a strap engaging the said pieces of material and carrylng a transverse pin passing through the said pieces, a brace having its inner end ly'- ing between the pieces of material and pivoted on the said pin, the said brace being adapted to be swung from a normal inoperative position between the gripping members to a depending position and for engagement with a wall, and an apertured olset formed on the free end of the brace and adapted for contact and connection with the wall.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST TEMPER. Witnesses:

HERBERT J. WEBER, FRANK E. REYNOLDS. 

